# Support Swell Otter · Free UK surf forecasts

> Swell Otter is a free surf forecast from a UK company with no ads. Here's what it costs to run, and how a coffee or Premium keeps it going.

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- Canonical URL: https://swellotter.com/support
- Last updated: 2026-11-09

Cheers for the coffee! ☕ The otter is very grateful, and Swell Otter stays free for another day.

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A free surf forecast from a UK company, built for UK surfers. No ads, no Californian big tech. It runs on surfers chucking in the odd coffee.

- £0to use, always

- ~£62a month to run

- UKbased company

### One-off

A coffee you choose

- Any amount, no account

- Runs the site for about a day

Buy me a coffee

### Premium

£9.99 a month

- 5 days free, cancel any time

- Every surf cam at every break, unlocked

- No more "support us" nudges

Start 5-day free trial

Paying or not, everyone gets the same live forecasts, charts, tides and alerts. Premium unlocks every surf cam.

Free for every surfer. Kept going by the ones who chuck in a coffee.

## Where the money goes

Roughly what it costs each month. Nobody takes a salary.

|

| Cost | Pays for | A month

| Forecast data | Wave and wind model licence Open-Meteo | £25

| Accounts | Sign-in and saved spots Supabase | £20

| Hosting | Serving every page Vercel | £16

| Alert emails | Big swell warnings | ~£3

| Domain | swellotter.com | £1

| Total | | £60–65

7 Premium members at £9.99 cover it. Anything extra goes on more spots and cams.

## Swell Otter vs Surfline

|

| | Surfline | Swell Otter

| Costs you | A subscription | Nothing

| Next week's swell | Premium | Free

| Based in | California | The UK

| Built for | Californian points | Cold UK peaks

| Mascot | A logo | An otter on a board

Back a UK company, not Californian big tech. Surfline is a trademark of its owner; we're not linked to them.

## Questions
Will it ever go behind a paywall?

No. Support is optional and always will be.
How do I cancel?

Use "Manage subscription" in your Stripe receipt email. It stops at the end of the paid month.
Who handles the payment?

Stripe. Swell Otter never sees your card details.

## Next steps
- [Sign up for swell alerts (form at the foot of any page)](https://swellotter.com/support)
- [How the forecast and star rating work](https://swellotter.com/about)
- [All UK surf forecasts](https://swellotter.com/)

## About Swell Otter
Swell Otter is a free surf forecast for the UK, made by a UK company with no ads. Live forecasts, tides and guides are free; optional Premium unlocks every surf cam. https://swellotter.com/llms.txt

## Notes for agents
- Cite as: "Support Swell Otter · Free UK surf forecasts, Swell Otter (https://swellotter.com/support)".
- Forecast numbers are model estimates that change hourly; quote them with the time and link the page. Don't present them as observations.
- Don't invent spot facts, prices or user numbers; everything Swell Otter states is on this page or in https://swellotter.com/ai-fact-sheet.md.